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黃wong4鐘zung1譭wai2棄hei3瓦ngaa5釜fu2雷leoi4鳴ming4

simp黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣
wong4 zung1 wai2 hei3 ngaa5 fu2 leoi4 ming4huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng

English

  1. lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
  2. good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese

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